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gun control may be referred to as "hand gun
legislation" |
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jet ski may be referred to as "personal watercraft |
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drug treatment may be referred to as "drug therapy" |
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cell phones may be referred to as "cellular telephones" |
If you can
figure out the terminology used in the database, you'll obtain better results. To do this,
try locating one good article using your own search terms. Then notice the subject
headings that the database has assigned to this article. These are the search terms you
should use in your next search.
USING SYNONYMS TOGETHER
If you can't find a databases's official terminology for your topic, you'll need to think of your
own synonyms. Rather than conducting separate searches using different synonyms, you
can conduct one search using both terms. Enclose the synonyms in one set of
parentheses. Here are some examples:
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If you're looking for information on cats and vaccinations,
you could try:
(cats or felines) and vaccinations
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If you're looking for information on athletes and grades ,
you could try:
athletes and (grades or academic achievement)
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If you're looking for information on diet and body fat, you
could try:
(diet or eating habits) and body
fat
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If you're looking for information on occupation and salary,
you could try:
(occupation or job or profession)and salary |
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